#add it to the list of reasons to beat up ketheric

[trappedinafantasy37]

What do you mean I got banned from the evil bad guy tower?

[deepbluefrog]

I started paying attention to mods around that part of the Temple of Shar.

There are many gems already available.. if you are on PC, it is worth the effort the learn how to install these mods.

Some of these mods address events or characters that happen further down the story but I didn't feel like having multiple posts about my mod list so I included them here.

Quick tip - the BG3 Mod Manager tool is definitely your friend.

Quality of life mods No Intro - This is 2023 and we still have to click through logos and animations. Multiple times. Every time the game loads. Why can't games have a checkbox in settings to skip intros? or better yet, show these intros the first time the game runs if you must and make them disappear automatically. Is that too much to ask?

Achievement Enabler - I understand the reasoning behind blocking mods for achievements, but that feels pointless when it comes to cosmetic mods. Why should Steam care if I use a mod to add a skin to my dice? and really, why should they care even if we have mods that help us cheat on achievements?

Aether's Immersive UI - With no Photo Mode, this mod is essential to keep the UI uncluttered and immerse yourself in the game. Native Camera Tweaks - Perfect complement to the immersive UI. This mod allows you to look up, look down, get closer to the characters and enjoy views of the games that were not possible before.

WASD Character Movement - This mod changed the experience of the game for me more than any other. Not only you can move around more naturally, but centering the camera on the selected character has the unintended consequence to keep everything in line of sight. No more 'looking over the ledge' or 'around the corner' to see if something is about to attack.

Infinite short rest potion and Infinite long rest potion - For roleplay purposes, I needed a way to force a short or long rest without breaking the flow with a visit to the camp. These mods are useful when you get back to back combat with no logical excuse to rest at the camp (like it happened to me after getting a beating in the Temple of Shar then going to the Moonrise Tower, and then fighting Ketheric Thorn and his minions - twice!).

Custom dice Mysterious Artifact Dice - numbered and non numbered - I can't imagine a more perfect skin. Diamond Dice - That was my favorite before the Artifact dice came out.

Nostalgia BG2 Mouse Cursors - I didn't realize how much I missed these icons until I saw them again in action.

Shadowheart's hair Shadowheart hair change - Simply changing the color of her hair just didn't make sense as a symbolic action to reclaim control of her life. The change had to be more dramatic and yet keep some continuity. This is a solution I came up with after researching forums and it is working nicely even though it requires some manual editing of config files. Back to Black Shadowheart - This one is useful if you want a sense of continuity of a drastic cut without a magical color change.

Effects tuning Blood Of Lathander Re-divined - Much needed adjustment to a weapon that had to be hidden under layers upon layers of security and puzzles only to turn out to be a modest magical mace. Overpowered Aylin and Isobel - Seriously, I was expecting to see a glorious Dame Aylin mopping the floor with Ketheric Thorn after what he did to her.. only to be disappointed when she was incapacitated in the first half of the fight. For an immortal daughter of a Goddess, she needed to be beefed up. To balance things a little, I used a combination of the 'lite' version for Isobel and the full version for Aylin.